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Charleroi Riverside Chamber Nears Completion On Lower Mon

A downstream view of the newly constructed lock chamber at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., taken on February 14. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently conducting fully integrated system tests on the new navigation chamber, which measures 84 feet wide by 720 feet long. The Pittsburgh District continues to adjust the system’s programming to prepare the lock to open for navigation later this year. The facility is part of the Lower Monongahela River Project, which includes locks and dams at Charleroi, Elizabeth and Braddock, Pa. The three locks experience the highest volume of commercial traffic on the entire Monongahela River navigation system. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)

Charleroi Riverside Chamber Nears Completion On Lower Mon

February 23, 2024

Operational testing is taking place on the new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Lock 4 on the Monongahela River in Charleroi, Pa., with the chamber expected to be complete this… Read More

Rock Piles Provide Fish Habitat In Lower Monongahela River

December 12, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District is piling rocks in the Monongahela River to create fish reefs. Once the project is finished, the Pittsburgh District will have installed 73 reefs, each extending… Read More

Community Meeting Set For Lower Monongahela River Project

December 4, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District will update the public on the Lower Monongahela Project on December 12 as the project nears its final phase. The public meeting, to be held at… Read More

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal

September 8, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced September 5 that it has awarded a nearly $30 million contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh to remove the Monongahela River Locks… Read More

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction

September 1, 2023

Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March from the… Read More

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project

August 18, 2023

The first shovels of dirt were turned ceremonially on August 11 at Montgomery Locks and Dam to mark the beginning of construction for phase one of the Upper Ohio Navigation… Read More

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns

July 27, 2023

During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several major lock construction… Read More

Work On New Lock Chamber At Charleroi Nears Completion Construction laborers perform work on the chamber floor concrete infill and wall-facing rebar and formwork for the Charleroi Lock Construction Project at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., in March of this year. The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to be filled with water beginning later this month. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Construction laborers perform work on the chamber floor concrete infill and wall-facing rebar and formwork for the Charleroi Lock Construction Project at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., in March of this year. The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to be filled with water beginning later this month. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Work On New Lock Chamber At Charleroi Nears Completion

May 12, 2023

A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22. “That will be a big milestone… Read More

WRDA 2022 Authorizes Pittsburgh Engineer District Projects

Construction workers from a contracting firm drill holes into the downstream concrete apron to form a secant wall August 3 at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa. The project at Montgomery, part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project, will include replacing the facility’s 360-foot auxiliary chamber with a wider and longer 600-foot chamber that can fit up to nine barges at once. The district expects to begin work on the new lock construction in 2024. It will take at least eight years to complete. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

WRDA 2022 Authorizes Pittsburgh Engineer District Projects

February 8, 2023

The 2022 Water Resources Development Act, signed into law in late December by President Joe Biden, includes authorization for several new projects for the Pittsburgh Engineer District. The nearly 400-page… Read More

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

Larry the Lock is a children’s book written and illustrated by Ashley Daugherty to illustrate the work locks perform on the river within the district. Daugherty has always had a love for art and reading. While pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, she had the chance to work as an intern at the Pittsburgh Engineer District. Daugherty wanted to make the mission of a lock more understandable, especially to children. (Illustration by Ashley Daugherty)

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

September 30, 2022

Thanks to the work of a Pittsburgh Engineer District intern, children are being introduced to an old lock by a new name: Larry the Lock. The lock, known to adults… Read More